Central Provident Fund (Residential Properties Scheme) (Amendment No. 4) Regulations 2005

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 15 Aug 2005

No. S 538

Central Provident Fund Act

(Chapter 36)

Central Provident Fund (Residential Properties Scheme) (Amendment No. 4) Regulations 2005

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 77 (1)(h) and (r) of the Central Provident Fund Act, the Minister for Manpower, after consulting with the Central Provident Fund Board, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Central Provident Fund (Residential Properties Scheme) (Amendment No. 4) Regulations 2005 and shall come into operation on 15th August 2005.

Amendment of regulation 2

2. Regulation 2 of the Central Provident Fund (Residential Properties Scheme) Regulations (Rg 6) (referred to in these Regulations as the principal Regulations) is amended by deleting the full-stop at the end of the definition of “residential property” and substituting a semi-colon, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following definition:

“ “Town Council” means a Town Council established under the Town Councils Act (Cap. 329A).”.

Amendment of regulation 5C

3. Regulation 5C of the principal Regulations is amended —

(a)	by inserting, immediately after the words “Housing and Development Act (Cap. 129),” in paragraph (1), the words “or the monthly improvement contributions due to a Town Council in respect of lift upgrading works carried out in relation to the residential property under Part IVA of the Town Councils Act (Cap. 329A),”; and
(b)	by inserting, immediately after the words “Housing and Development Board” in paragraph (2), the words “or a Town Council”.

Amendment of regulation 21

4. Regulation 21 of the principal Regulations is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately after the words “Housing and Development Act (Cap. 129),” in paragraph (1), the words “or to pay improvement contribution to a Town Council in respect of lift upgrading works carried out in relation to the residential property under Part IVA of the Town Councils Act (Cap. 329A),”;

(b)

by inserting, immediately after the words “Housing and Development Board” in paragraph (2), the words “or a Town Council”; and

(c)

by deleting paragraph (4) and substituting the following paragraph:

“(4) In this regulation, any reference to an owner of residential property liable to pay any improvement contribution shall be read as a reference to an owner of such property as defined —

(a)	in section 65D of the Housing and Development Act where the improvement contribution is due under the Housing and Development Act; or
(b)	in section 24D of the Town Councils Act where the improvement contribution is due under the Town Councils Act,

and includes a reference to any co-owner of such property.”.

[G.N. Nos. S 85/99; S563/99; S 106/2001; S 182/2005; S 358/2005; S 468/2005]

Made this 29th day of July 2005.

LEO YIP

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Manpower,
Singapore.

[MMC 29/68 T1/04; AG/LEG/SL/36/2005/2 Vol. 1]

(To be presented to Parliament under section 78(2) of the Central Provident Fund Act).

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